CASTLETON, Vt. – The Castleton University women's lacrosse team won its second consecutive game on Monday night, taking down UMass Dartmouth 16-10 in Little East Conference action at Dave Wolk Stadium.
 
The Spartans (3-6, 2-3 LEC) outscored UMass Dartmouth (0-6, 0-5 LEC) in both halves of the game, and outshot the Corsairs 39-37 on the night, though UMass Dartmouth had an edge in shots on goal, 29-28. Castleton committed 29 turnovers to UMass Dartmouth's 25, but Castleton was more successful clearing the ball, converting 20-of-30 while the Corsairs went 17-of-28. Both sides controlled 14 draws, and UMD won the ground ball battle 33-27.
 
An impressive performance in goal by Raven Payne helped lift Castleton to victory, as Payne made a career-high 19 saves—tied for the third most in a single game in program history. Payne was credited with her third win of the season in the effort, stopping 12 shots in the first half and seven in the second. Aubra Linn also had a career day, netting six goals to best her previous career high of five, which she set on Saturday at Rhode Island College. Linn also added five ground balls and two caused turnovers defensively. Lacey Greenamyre had a big day offensively as well, notching a hat trick and adding four assists for seven total points. Greenamyre also had 10 draw controls and two ground balls. Cheyanne Stone had a five-point day on two goals and three assists, while Kimberly McCarthy scored four times total. Ryanne Mix rounded out Castleton's multi-point scorers on the day, adding a goal and two assists in addition to four draw controls and three ground balls. Ava Cochran logged four caused turnovers for the Spartan defense.
 
UMass Dartmouth received four goals from Bella Mancini and three from Melanny Sanchez Alvarez as the duo combined for a majority of the Corsair offense. Beatriz Tavarez added two goals for the Corsairs with Hannah Mitus rounding out the scoring. Emma DeLacy and Hannah Niemi had assists. Mancini, Widline Thomas and Kylie Dias all had five ground balls for UMass Dartmouth, and Niemi led the team with five draw controls. In goal, Tahlia Amaral stopped 12 shots in the loss, allowing all 16 Spartan goals.
 
The visitors got on the board first as Mancini beat the Spartan defense just 3:13 into the contest, but Linn responded quickly with a goal just 11 seconds later to knot the score at 1-1. Castleton then took its first lead of the day, 2-1, on a goal by McCarthy from Stone 30 seconds after Linn's goal. After a five-minute drought from both teams, McCarthy struck again—this time from Madelyn Cote—to make it 3-1. Mancini scored her second of the day for the visitors to halve the lead back to one goal, before Sanchez Alvarez tied the score at 3-3 with 13:40 to go before halftime.
 
After a UMass Dartmouth yellow card gave Castleton an extra attacker, McCarthy cashed in on the opportunity with a woman-up goal to make it 4-3 Spartans. The goal sparked a three-goal run for Castleton, capped off with two goals from Greenamyre, that made it 6-3 with 8:57 to play before the break. Mancini scored her third of the game for the Corsairs, however, to stop the Castleton run and make it 6-4, but Linn then rattled off back-to-back goals for Castleton to push the lead to four scores, 8-4. Consecutive scores by the Corsairs brought the Spartan lead back down to two goals, 8-6, but Stone found the back of the net with just seven seconds left before half to send the Spartans into the break ahead, 9-6.
 
The Spartans strung together four straight goals out of halftime, as Linn, Mix, Stone and Greenamyre all tallied scores to push Castleton ahead by seven goals, 13-6. UMass Dartmouth worked to chip away at the lead, scoring twice to make it a 13-8 game, but Linn and McCarthy responded with goals for Castleton to regain the seven-goal edge, 15-8. After two more late goals by UMass Dartmouth made it 15-10, Linn capped the scoring with her sixth and final goal of the day to make it a 16-10 victory for Castleton.
 
The Spartans return to the turf of Dave Wolk Stadium on Wednesday night against Keene State at 7 p.m.